Full coverage: Desenvolupament

29.07.2005 For the fourth year in a row, the Zelena Akcija (Green Action) will organize two volunteer camps in Vela Straza, on the Isle of Solta: one for domestic and one for international participants.

29.07.2005 L’organisation internationale Oxfam GB fait part de nombreuses failles relevées dans le Cadre de Coopération Intérimaire (CCI) élaboré par le gouvernement intérimaire d’Haïti en partenariat avec les bailleurs de fonds internationaux lors de la Conférence de Washington en juillet 2004.

29.07.2005 At this week's World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Geneva, anti-poverty campaigners are calling on the WTO and E.U. to abandon its "corporate agenda" and focus talks on benefiting developing countries.

29.07.2005 With global campaigns to "Make Poverty History" and a series of opportunities for world leaders to make a difference, Women’s Edge President Ritu Sharma reports that ending world poverty is possible, and that to do so, we must start by investing in women, who constitute the vast majority of the world's poor.

28.07.2005 Web page mreza-lokalni-razvoj.net (Local Development Net) has been developed through ODRAZ's LDN project and designed as platform for gathering and distribution of information on local development between LDN members and the interested entities.

28.07.2005 Al tiempo que reconocemos el carácter insustituible de los bosques, y de los recursos naturales en general para mantener las cadenas de vida, también reconocemos su importancia como fuente generadora de riqueza económica; por tanto, compartimos el principio de aprovechamiento racional que asegure la preservación y regeneración de la foresta, respetando los distintos cosistemas que le dan soporte y, principalmente, las fuentes de agua, que son un patrimonio de la humanidad.

28.07.2005 International agency Oxfam called on US Members of Congress today to reject the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Central American countries and the Dominican Republic (DR-CAFTA.) Oxfam believes that the agreement, in its current form, will do more harm than good and will endanger the livelihood of many thousands of small farmers who already live in poverty.

27.07.2005 Pact’s WORTH program, a global women’s literacy and antipoverty initiative, has been named one of ten finalists in the first-ever Amazon.com Nonprofit Innovation Award.

26.07.2005 Ce que proposent les journées Alternatives 2005 : Créer des espaces pour débattre des luttes et des solidarités qui nous animent, en démontrant comment chacune de ces batailles, aussi locale soit-elle, s’inscrit dans une résistance globale pour le bien commun. Parce qu’en renforçant notre mouvement social ici, en préparant nos batailles et en consolidant nos solidarités au Québec et au Canada, c’est à un mouvement global que nous contribuons.

26.07.2005 Last December's tsunami was merciless to farming communities, poisoning thousands of acres with salt and sand. But the tiny Indian village of Piryakootai--where villagers scrape off up to three feet of the salted top soil--is determined to reclaim their land and their lives.

22.07.2005 Ce que proposent les journées Alternatives 2005 : Créer des espaces pour débattre des luttes et des solidarités qui nous animent, en démontrant comment chacune de ces batailles, aussi locale soit-elle, s’inscrit dans une résistance globale pour le bien commun. Parce qu’en renforçant notre mouvement social ici, en préparant nos batailles et en consolidant nos solidarités au Québec et au Canada, c’est à un mouvement global que nous contribuons.

22.07.2005 E' in corso in questi giorni (20-24 luglio) a Lima la riunione annuale della Fondazione Populorum Progressio: progetti di sostegno anche alla microimprenditorialità per 400 mila dollari. In Italia parte il Programma Microimprese: Comitato Collegamento Cattolici, artigiani e missionari insieme per far crescere il tessuto delle piccole attività economiche. che, secondo Microfinanza, sono nel mondo in via di sviluppo 500 milioni. Sono circa 200 i progetti di quest'anno, per un totale di oltre 2 milioni di dollari, che saranno proposti dalla fondazione 'Populorum Progressio' del Pontificio Consiglio 'Cor Unum', per l'aiuto economico per la promozione integrale delle comunita' indigene, meticce e afroamericane contadine povere dell'America Latina.

22.07.2005 The Indian government aims to double tele-density by strengthening the subscriber base to 100 million lines in the next two years, said Union minister of state for communication and information technology Shakeel Ahmed.

22.07.2005 El acuerdo de los países andinos para integrarse en torno a Petroandina, una asociación propuesta por el presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez para optimizar la utilización de la riqueza en petróleo y gas de la subregión, se suma a un proyecto sudamericano y caribeño más ambicioso para dotarse de un mejor abastecimiento energético.

21.07.2005 The success story of Madhabhavi village, in south India, is a striking example of how a private initiative can change the lives of people. The implementation of panchamukhi by Dr. Marulasiddaiah has changed the face of the village as everybody is part of the development process and is trying to make the village a model for other villages in the region.

21.07.2005 Centar za razvoj Interneta, nevladina organizacija koja se bavi politikom informacionog društva i telekomunikacija u Srbiji, predložio je nadležnom republičkom ministarstvu izmene Zakona o telekomunikacijama. Ovim izmenama prava krajnjih korisnika i operatera trebalo bi da se bolje zaštite i usaglase sa standardima Evropske unije.

21.07.2005 The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) called on the international community to go beyond mere awareness of the gender dimensions of war and peace and buttress women's participation in preventing and resolving national and local conflicts.
From: The UN News Centre

21.07.2005 After a baby is born, mothers are entitled to maternity leave, but what about fathers? Norway tops the European league table of family-friendly nations as far as new fathers are concerned, and the government is now proposing to extend the "daddy quota" from four to five weeks, for exclusive use by the father. An ILO study reports.

21.07.2005 In western Afghanistan, Herat hosted Alexander the Great and served as Persia's education capital. A major trade city today, Herat is also at the center of the opium trade, with over 70,000 citizens addicts themselves. Peace X Peace's Teressa Rerras reports on the women of Herat and the challenges in their future.

20.07.2005 Le trafic Internet du continent africain prendra bientôt des itinéraires plus courts et, par conséquent, moins onéreux.

Ce printemps, l’association des associations de fournisseurs d’accès Internet africains, AfrISPA, a fait connaître les deux soumissions gagnantes qui ont été présentées dans le cadre de sa demande de propositions pour fournir des connexions Internet directes entre les pays africains. (L’établissement de ces connexions s’appelle « échange de trafic régional entre homologues »; les sociétés qui assurent ces connexions s’appellent « exploitants régionaux ».)